Oscar Wilde's 1898 poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" powerfully depicts a hanging and criticizes the harsh realities of prison life.
Oscar Wilde's poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" (1898) poignantly describes the execution of a fellow prisoner and critiques prison conditions.
| Front | The Ballad of Reading Goal |
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| Back | poem Oscar Wilde 1898 the hanging of a murderer while Wilde himself a convict harsh eloquence concludes with a plea for Christ's forgiveness and a complaint against prison conditions. |
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